The clip shows vocalist and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt giving fans a mini-tour of Rockfield Studios in Wales, which is also where Queen and Judas Priest recorded.

He said of the forthcoming follow-up to 2014’s Pale Communion: “I find it difficult to understand that we’ve been going on for 26 years, let alone that we’ve made 12 records now, all of which I am very proud of. Sorceress is no exception.

“I love this album, as does the whole band. I wrote the music during five-six months and we spent only 12 days recording it.”

Akerfeldt adds: “It’s extremely diverse. And if I may say so myself, extremely good. I feel the right to say that since I like to think I know this band better than anyone on the planet. Also, I always manage to detach myself from the record and listen as a fan.

“It’s a fine little record. My favorite in our discography right now. It’s both fresh and old, both progressive and rehashed. Heavy and calm. Just the way we like it.”